UCL Knowledge Lab

Leading interdisciplinary digital research and design in education.

Our mission is to understand and to develop digital technologies to support and transform education, and beyond.

Technologies for teaching and learning

Based on research evidence, we devise new pedagogies, design and implement innovative digital media and smart technologies for teaching and learning, and inform policymakers and educational stakeholders.

Expertise

The Knowledge Lab brings together experts with imagination and insight from across different disciplinary backgrounds to:

Undertake cutting edge research on digital media and technologies

Provide an innovative and exciting interdisciplinary range of postgraduate courses

Create empowering technologies for communication and learning that lower the barriers to knowledge and widen access

Incubate enterprise and achieve impact via partnerships with public sector, business and industry.

The London Knowledge lab was led since 2004 by Professors Richard Noss and Alex Poulovassilis as a collaborative initiative between educators from the Institute of Education and computer scientists from Birkbeck, funded by the Science Research Investment Fund.

In 2016 the collaborative initiative ended and the UCL Knowledge Lab was established. Our common legacy includes over a decade of interdisciplinary research funded by ESRC, EPSRC, AHRC, EU, JISC among others; a variety of knowledge exchange and public engagement activities; and a distinctive postgraduate training programme.

Graduate taught

Doctoral and Post-Doctoral research

We have an active programme of teaching and support for doctoral students with experienced staff offering research supervision across a range of topics and research methods. Including the design of smart technologies for teaching and learning, coding and creativity, multimodal interaction, playful learning and games, designing for diversity and digital culture and media literacy.

We also offer regular seminars and spaces to meet with world leading experts in the field. The UCL Institute of Education provides an ESRC recognised doctoral training programme to support students in acquiring cutting-edge qualitative and quantitative skills.

UCL Knowledge Lab is a leading interdisciplinary centre for the innovative study and design of digital media and technologies in diverse contexts.

We have substantial experience and expertise in carrying out consultancy and research projects for international, national, regional and local authorities and organisations including government departments, business and the IT sector, and voluntary organisations.

Services

We can provide a range of consultancy services from one-day training
or staff development initiatives to longer-term research and evaluation
work. Examples: